Photo: J. Chmura 

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.

- Robert Frost

Accuweather.com and Joe Bastardi predict an active hurricane season this summer.  Yes Virginia, there is a summer in our future.  But not yet.


                                                         
Oh no!  Another snowstorm March 3rd.?
The GFS forecast model, as of noon today, shows yet another coastal storm headed up the east coast next week. In another year, there might not be much to get excited about, but this year the odds of seeing yet another big snow are pretty good.  We still have a negative NAO, blocking near Greenland, a trough over the Northeast, and an active train of storms moving across the country.  And still just enough cold air to get it to snow again.  We aren't done yet!

Why is this winter so bad?  It's all a matter of perspective.  We have had many easy winters for decades. Now, things have swung back to the way winters used to be.  At least for a while, it will feel like Global Warming has been put on hold.  But it hasn't really.  When it is cold here, it usually is warm someplace else.

BOWLING FOR BLIZZARDS PART 5!  THE WEATHER WILL ALWAYS SURPRISE YOU !
 Beware the Ides of March.
                                                                          
SNOW TOTALS in inches. February 26,2010

...MORRIS COUNTY...
   OAK RIDGE             16.0   
   ROCKAWAY              15.0  
   BUTLER                12.0  

.BERGEN COUNTY...

   FORT LEE              20.0   100 PM  2/26   
   TENAFLY               20.0   230 PM  2/26   
   RIDGEWOOD             16.3   400 PM  2/26   
   HASBROUCK HEIGHTS     14.2   227 PM  2/26   
   NORTHVALE             14.0   258 PM  2/26   
   GARFIELD              12.4  1015 AM  2/26 
   FAIR LAWN             12.0   326 PM  2/26   
   WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP   11.0   100 PM  2/26   
   PALISADES PARK         9.0   100 PM  2/26  

...ESSEX COUNTY...
   BLOOMFIELD            16.0   330 PM  2/26   
   WEST ORANGE           15.7  1100 AM  2/26   
   NEWARK                14.9   400 PM  2/26   
   CEDAR GROVE           14.3  1100 AM  2/26   

...HUDSON COUNTY...
   HOBOKEN               16.3   400 PM  2/26   
   KEARNY                12.5  1015 AM  2/26   

...PASSAIC COUNTY...
   WEST MILFORD          28.0  1015 AM  2/26   
   WAYNE                 17.0  1220 PM  2/26   

...UNION COUNTY...
   ROSELLE               21.4  1130 AM  2/26   
   FANWOOD               17.3   145 PM  2/26   
   ROSELLE PARK          16.2   128 PM  2/26   
   ELIZABETH             13.0  1025 AM  2/26   
   PLAINFIELD            11.5  1145 AM  2/26  
   SPRINGFIELD           11.0  1120 AM  2/26